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Kratom is a tree native to Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Borneo, etc.). Its botanical name is Mitragyna speciosa. Kratom is in the same family as the coffee tree (Rubiaceae). The leaves of kratom have been used as an herbal drug from time immemorial by peoples of Southeast Asia. It is used in folk medicine as a stimulant (at low doses), sedative (at high doses), recreational drug, pain killer, medicine for diarrhea, and treatment for opiate addiction.
Kratom pills are a relatively new way to enjoy the effects of the leaves of the fabled Mitragyna Speciosa tree from Southeast Asia. For hundreds of generations, traditional cultures have enjoyed the leaves of the tree by chewing them raw or drying and grinding them.